Save Rare John Logie Baird Artefacts

We want to keep two rare and historic JLB items in Helensburgh, the birthplace of television.

An opportunity has arisen to save two extremely rare and historic John Logie Baird items for the town of Helensburgh. The world's first ever television sales catalogue produced by JLB in1928, and a 1936 T5 Cathode.

The items have been offered on an exclusive basis, provided £2250 can be raised within 60 days. These are museum class pieces and it would be a fantastic achievement to save and procure them for the birthplace of the man hailed as the 'Father of Television'.

The Scottish charity, Helensburgh Heroes, is currently working on a project to convert a Victorian warehouse into a Digital Media & Entertainment Academy in Helensburgh - The Heroes Centre.

The Centre will provide a fully functioning digital education facility, designed to develop content creators and ‘new media skills’ required for online broadcast and video.

The theme for the Centre will be 'Inspiration' and at its heart will be a 4-storey 'Wall of Fame' showcasing, through the use of storyboards and memorabilia, the talents and achievements of some of Scotland's finest sons and daughters.

The two items to be acquired will feature prominently in the The Heroes Centre.

The world's first ever television sales catalogue produced by Baird in 1928 is complete with its original Order Form. It illustrates the Baird models A, B and C with descriptions and prices, plus a picture of the internal works of the model B. Only one other extant copy is known to exist and is owned by the MZTV Museum in Toronto, but that copy is missing its Order Form.

This is probably the only copy of its type anywhere in the WORLD!

The 1936 T5 CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) is one of only ten known to exist worldwide.

Both items are exceptional and deserve to be displayed within Helensburgh. Please please support us and ensure that we keep these historic items within Scotland!

Any additional funds that may be raised by this project for these two items will be used towards the purchase of a 1949 Baird Countryman television set.